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> The UK’s already up to 50% nuclear and renewables on the electricity grid In the last year UK produced Coal: 3% Gas: 42% Nuclear: 20% Wind: 17% So
by isostatic 7y ago
> The UK’s already up to 50% nuclear and renewables on the electricity grid
In the last year UK produced
Coal: 3%
Gas: 42%
Nuclear: 20%
Wind: 17%
Solar: 4%
Hydro: 1.4%
Biomass: 6.4%
Pumped 0.66%
So 28% renewable, 20% nuclear, total of about half.
Wow.
The good news is we're not overproducing - even on the most renewable days (Aug 17 at 15:15) when 44% came from wind and 25% from solar, we still had 12% coming from gas, 5% from biomass
(edit - looked at wrong row on my spreadsheet!)
- hollerith 7y agoDo you happen to know if all the natural gas used to generate electricity in the UK comes from the UK's territory (e.g., the part of the North Sea where they enjoy mineral rights)?
- isostatic 7y agoWe use gas a lot in central heating (and cooking) However looking at https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2018/03/16/uk-natural-gas-imports/ https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2018/03/16/uk-... Looks like equal parts domestic gas, electricity, and industry About half imported, half mined in the UK. From that page: "The vast bulk of imports comes direct from Norway. Technically, Russian gas can only arrive via the Belgian and Dutch pipelines, which amount to 10% of total imports. It is estimated that 35% of Europe’s gas comes from Russia, so in theory about 3% of Britain’s gas comes from Russia."
- Robotbeat 7y agoThe UK has some LNG import terminals so could import from elsewhere if required.
- fyfy18 7y agoFor anyone curious, most of the UKs nuclear power is due to be comissioned in the next decade. However most reactors have received short term extensions. There's currently one reactor under construction, and a bunch more planned, so I expect the current reactors will receive extensions until these or renewables take over.